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Following her contribution to our HAPPI Hour webinar on 3 November 2026, Bernadette Elder of Inspiring Housing CLT reflects in a new Housing LIN blog on why thinking about adult social care must shift from managing crisis to investing in people, connection and place.

Sovereign Network Group (SNG) shows what can happen when a housing provider backs local community enterprises. This Inspirational Achievement explores how a forgotten community hall on a sheltered housing scheme in Ware, Hertfordshire, is being brought back to life as a hub for connection.

Housing LIN Case Study No. 184 by Siri Zanelli of Collective Works shares findings from a research trip to Japan, where elderly care facilities are woven into community life, and considers what this could teach the UK about intergenerational later living.

In this week’s edition, we celebrate the launch of the £3m SHAPE Challenge Fund, invite you to tomorrow’s HAPPI Hour on neighbourhood health, and cover the Budget’s £1.5bn housing boost, Welsh affordable homes data, the almshouse digital switchover, cohousing, and two new guest blogs.

This paper by the UK Cohousing Network (UKCN) puts the spotlight on the pioneering American architect and cohousing guru, Charles ‘Chuck’ Durrett, covering his recent visit to England and Wales. To coincide, find a couple of guest blogs on the UKCN event he spoke at in Bristol last month.

Our Bristol office hosts and friends at Brunelcare are recruiting a new Chief Executive to lead the charity through the next phase of its ambitious 2030 Strategy. Applications close on 29 November 2026.

Dr Elisa Pozo Menéndez shares lessons from the age-friendly cities and communities conference in San Sebastián, exploring how neighbourhoods, services and planning can enable genuine choice in later life. Hear Elisa speak at our HAPPI Hour webinar on 3 November.

Congratulations to Socialudo and the team out of the University of Stirling for winning Social Enterprise Scotland’s Social Innovation of the Year award.

With around 30,000 units of almshouse accommodation in the UK, this guide by Appello is essential reading for those who manage this precious resource for older and vulnerable people and/or offer technology-enabled care and support to residents in their schemes, especially ahead of the 31 January 2027 digital switchover deadline.

The Welsh Government have published data showing that 3,865 new affordable homes were delivered in Wales last year, of which 2,859 were developed by Registered Social Landlords from a variety of capital funding routes, including the Welsh Housing with Care Fund.